Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the two clerks.

One was slightly fat and limping, the other had a Chinese character and a resolute look on his face. Both of them were covered in dust and were in an extremely miserable state.

Jiang Xinghuo thought secretly in his heart.

What plot is this?

The remnants of Jianwen went undercover to jail, and found an opportunity to rescue the righteous?

That's not right. In fact, it takes eighteen strokes to get to know Fang Xiaoru. They are the theoretical disciple-disciple relationship of ordinary students who are registered disciples.

Why do you call yourself Mr. Jiang? What are you doing to save yourself?

And I can die tomorrow. If you don’t save me sooner, you won’t save me later. Now you save me?

If this is a fishing case from the prison, well, there seems to be no need for the prison to do this to the people who are about to be killed by Qiu, right? The capital crime is the crime of escaping from prison, but what about the Buff? The result is not always beheading.

go out?

I will never go out in Ming Dynasty for the rest of my life.

If you let me go out, wouldn't that spoil my plan?

So, Jiang Xinghuo slowly shook his head and said, "I can die tomorrow, and I won't go with you."

Guo Jing looked anxious and wanted to go in and pull Jiang Xinghuo out, but was immediately pulled back by the chai truck.

Chai Che's fingers covered in black ash pointed at the walls of the cell that were also covered in black ash.

As soon as the poems on the wall came into view, Guo Jing's pupils began to narrow slightly.

By the time she saw the final line of "I am smiling to the sky with my sword across my sword, leaving behind my liver and gallbladder," Guo Jing was completely impressed by the generous, fearless, and death-defying momentum in the poem.

Guo Jing took a sharp breath and suppressed the hot blood boiling deep in her heart.

It turns out that Mr. Jiang was still seven days away from Qiu Zhan and was giving lectures in prison just to leave a spark of his wisdom to future generations.

Mr. Jiang had no idea that the emperor was eavesdropping on his lectures, nor did he know the identities of the two students around him, nor did he know that the emperor had planned to give him high-ranking officials and generous salaries.

Because of this, Mr. Jiang's temperament seems particularly real and his courage is particularly valuable.

And this spark will last forever, be passed down and bring changes to the people of Ming Dynasty.

What a noble moral integrity this is!

How tragic!

What's even more rare is that in addition to his immense wisdom, Mr. Jiang also has such attainments in poetry, and can actually write such touching poems in prison.

Is this the realm of Mr. Jiang?

Guo Jing tried hard not to let tears fall, and asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Jiang, are you really unwilling to come with us?"

Jiang Xinghuo turned his back to them and wrote lightly: "I will die tomorrow. I don't want to go out and cause trouble to others and myself."

Guo Jing and Chai Che looked at each other, and both saw the deep respect in the other's eyes.

Mr. Jiang gives lectures not for fame or profit, but just to pass on something.

And Mr. Jiang is determined to die, can they still go against Mr. Jiang's will?

Wouldn't that ruin the wisdom that Mr. Jiang was about to achieve?

The two scholars, who were minor officials, bowed respectfully to Jiang Xinghuo to express the highest respect they could pay as half-students of Jiang Xinghuo.

"Oh! That's all! That's all!"

After letting out a long sigh, Chai Che turned and left.

Guo Jing, who left immediately, looked at Jiang Xinghuo's thin and lonely figure with mixed feelings in her heart.

At this time, this aloof figure wearing prison uniform and holding a pen facing the wall was deeply imprinted in his mind.

Then Guo Jing respectfully placed the note in her hand on the floor of the cell, turned around and limped away.

At this time, Huang Wei, who was wearing armor and carrying two axes, was extremely anxious.

Unexpectedly, the plan that I had planned for a long time and thought was perfect would go wrong without even taking the first step.

The other Jin Yiwei who came from the Yan army in the imperial prison were usually somewhat prejudiced against them.

They all felt that these Xuanfu soldiers who opened the door and surrendered were like defeated dogs wagging their tails and begging for mercy in front of them, the victors.

In addition, the positions of some of the Yan soldiers were still lower than those of the Xuanfu soldiers who were the three guards of the Valley King, and the Jinyi guards who were from the Xuanfu soldiers were very strong in clinging together, and hostility naturally grew among the two groups of people.

The contradictions between the two sides also began to grow as time went by.

Therefore, when these Jin Yiwei, who had been soldiers of the Yan Army on the battlefield, saw Huang Wei rushing towards them with the Xuanfu soldiers wearing strong armor, even if they were just talking about searching, they still started to draw their swords and confront them.

Originally, these soldiers had hot tempers, and there were daily conflicts. In this highly tense situation, an old soldier from the Xuanfu just wanted to step forward and knock the opponent unconscious with the back of his knife, but he was met without hesitation. Fighting back, the two sides started fighting in the night.

When the first group of Jinyi guards fell, Huang Wei knew that something big had happened.

But now that the matter has come to this, there is no turning back.

Huang Wei held two axes and began to kill all the Jinyi guards except his own.

But for some unknown reason, hundreds of vicious prisoners were suddenly released. Most of them fled north and west in the night, which greatly hindered the progress of this group of people.

This behavior also made Huang Wei wake up instantly.

Someone was deliberately trying to thwart their pursuit, and successfully released prisoners to thwart them.

Huang Wei was certain that the person who did such a thing must be Lu Zhaochen's subordinate who got the real information.

The more this happened, the more Huang Wei wanted to search, because now it was no longer a question of whether the prison mutiny could go smoothly tomorrow, but whether he and his brothers could get out of Nanjing alive.

Once Deputy Qianhu Lu Zhaochen's men run out with that crucial news, even if they just run into the patrols on the street, the governors, ministers, and colleagues on duty in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion will quickly activate the plans they have already made A good emergency plan controls the key points of each city gate in Nanjing.

At dawn, these people will be trapped in the city waiting to die, and the army will be under martial law to hunt them down, and then Emperor Yongle's plan to kill the Nine Tribes will begin.

And many of Huang Wei's men have obviously figured this out.

"Qianhu, are you still chasing me?"

"Let's force our way out of the city at night, save our lives, and don't worry about not being able to do big things in the future!"

"If you want me to tell you"

The noisy discussions among his men sounded like a swarm of flies buzzing in Huang Wei's ears.

Huang Wei could accept failure and be killed, but he would never accept failure without even taking the first step.

This will undoubtedly make him one of the countless stupid coup plans in the history books, leaving him in the history books as a buffoon, rather than the decisive military hero he wants like Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng.

Huang Wei gritted his teeth and said: "Chase! The person with the news must not have escaped from the prison. We have killed all the guards on duty in the prison. Those prisoners didn't know the specific situation, so they caught up and killed them. Only with him can we be safe for the time being.”

Of course there are smart people among his men. He remembered that the prisoners had actually said the words 'Jinyiwei is rebellious', but when he looked at Huang Wei's two axes that were stained with blood and were still dripping with blood, he immediately stopped talking.

"Not only that, but the person who brought the news released the prisoners and encouraged them to run north or west. Then they are most likely going east or south. If we give the key, they can only climb over the wall, catch up and kill them. In addition, Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong in prison cannot be kept either."

Seeing the hesitation on the faces of his men, Huang Wei said sternly: "After doing this, do you think of anything else now? If you want to kill, just kill them! When you finish killing everyone, come and meet me in the courtyard of the prison. Let’s go out of town together!”

Some of the men looked at each other, and immediately the team split into two groups. One group was led by Huang Wei and pursued eastward, while the other group headed south.

As for how many of the people living in the south took advantage of the darkness to open the prison gate and escape, anyone knows.

Guo Jing, Chai Che and Lao Wang released Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong in another prison area.

"This is what you are doing?"

Guo Jing spoke quickly and told Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong about the situation.

Li Jinglong immediately panicked when he heard that the old troops of King Ligu of the Imperial Guards had conspired to rebel. He knew that if he was caught this time, he might die miserably.

This kind of death was very miserable, not because he was afraid of what Gu Wang's old troops would do to him. He surrendered at the Jinchuan Gate opened with Gu Wang, and Gu Wang's old troops either killed him with one knife or escorted him to see Gu Wang.

Li Jinglong is afraid of Zhu Di!

Li Jinglong never thought that King Gu could succeed. It would be fine if he beheaded him with a knife. If he took him, a representative figure of Huaixi nobles, to rebel together, and was finally suppressed by Zhu Di, that would be a miserable death!

It was Zhu Di who would let this capricious traitor die miserably!

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!

Moreover, the inheritance of Cao Guogong's mansion may not last more than three generations and will be cut off.

Nearly a thousand members of the family had to be buried with him. This was what Li Jinglong thought of as a "miserable death."

Because Li Jinglong was different from those rebel soldiers, he never represented him alone, but the entire Cao Guogong Palace and even the Huaixi Xungui Group.

As for justification? Zhu Di would not listen to his excuse. Active rebellion and forced rebellion were both of the same nature in Zhu Di's eyes.

Therefore, he must not fall into the hands of the rebels!

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong turned pale, looked at Zhu Gaoxu, the unparalleled general, and asked as if grasping a life-saving straw.

"Run from where?"

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned and asked: "Run?"

Li Jinglong was also stunned: "What else can I do if I don't run?"

"Do you think this is the Baigou River? How can there be an army of 600,000 to cut off your rear? We don't have the key. The guards in prison have the key. How can we climb over the wall one by one faster than others can open the door?"

"What should we do?" several people said as they walked out.

"Save Mr. Jiang!" Zhu Gaoxu said matter-of-factly.

Li Jinglong's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief: "Are you crazy?"

Guo Jing opened her mouth to speak, but Chai Che pulled her sleeve, and she immediately woke up.

The second prince didn't know that he was bugged from beginning to end, so they couldn't reveal the secret.

Guo Jing changed her words: "Which Mr. Jiang? Is it Jiang Xinghuo?"

"Yes, do you know where he is?" Zhu Gaoxu asked with a frown.

"I know. When we released the prisoners in the prison to stop the pursuit, we saw Jiang Xinghuo. He was unwilling to leave. Now the rebels are probably almost there." Guo Jing lowered her head and answered truthfully.

"Oh, run away!" Li Jinglong stamped his feet and said, "It's not like you don't know that Jiang Lang was waiting for death, so it would be strange for him to leave. Besides, it's a matter of doubt whether the rebels will touch Jiang Lang. In the eyes of the rebels, Jiang Lang is just an ordinary prisoner."

"If anything happens to Mr. Jiang, I won't allow you to run east."

Zhu Gaoxu picked up a water and fire stick used by the jailer and walked towards the Jiang Xinghuo prison area.

"I'm going to save Mr. Jiang."

As Zhu Gaoxu turned around, the two clerks looked at each other and followed him.

"Why are you following me?"

Chai Che replied helplessly with a straight face: "If His Highness the Second Prince dies, Duke Cao may be able to survive, but we are destined not to survive. So many people have seen us releasing prisoners, and we will not be able to escape the traces. If the Second Prince is If he dies, His Majesty will definitely vent his anger on me and my family. Instead, he will go with the second prince to save his family and at the same time receive pensions and rewards."

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu took a serious look at the two young officials.

"idiot!"

Li Jinglong cursed angrily, then turned around, took out the gold from his arms, and stuffed it into the arms of the jailer Lao Wang.

"This is a deposit. You can escape with your father-in-law. From now on, my father-in-law will protect you in glory and wealth."

Lao Wang looked at the heavy gold and said to himself that Mr. Cao Guogong was very generous. The deposit is made of copper coins. Your deposit is really "gold" in the literal sense!

"My lord, please follow the old man closely. Let's go from the east side to the Hanging Corpse Wall."

Li Jinglong responded and ran forward with Lao Wang.

While running, Li Jinglong thought to himself: "Saving one's life is the most rational decision. Zhu Gaoxu, an idiot, is so passionate that he advances instead of retreating. He is really a reckless man."

But as soon as this idea came to Li Jinglong's mind, he suddenly felt a little weird for some reason, and this weird feeling began to spread in his mind.

Li Jinglong finally realized where this strangeness came from.

At Baigou River, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu, who was leading the heavy armored cavalry of the Yan Army in a life-threatening charge, and he said the same thing and made such a decision.

In a simulation game not long ago, when faced with the question of whether to build the Yellow River, he said the same thing and made this decision.

But everything he thought he had made at the moment was the most rational decision, but in the end, he was proven wrong.

Today, could he be wrong too?

Perhaps on the way forward, there are pursuers coming around, waiting for him to throw himself into a trap.

Perhaps the jailer Lao Wang next to him would be carried away by greed, take out a meat cleaver in a deserted place, kill him, steal all the gold, and then go on the run.

Or maybe.

Li Jinglong shivered and actually stopped.

"My lord?" the jailer Lao Wang asked doubtfully.

No matter what, Li Jinglong, who was already extremely suspicious at this time, turned around in panic and ran in the direction of Zhu Gaoxu, just like a child who just heard a scary story and felt that the monsters were behind him.

As soon as he crossed the courtyard gate, Li Jinglong stopped, wishing he could give himself a slap in the face.

There was no other reason. Li Jinglong saw with his own eyes that dozens of old soldiers wearing armor and holding knives were blocking Zhu Gaoxu and two minor officials in the yard.

At this time, Li Jinglong had been noticed by the rebels, and Li Jinglong also saw that the fire and water stick in Zhu Gaoxu's hand had been chopped off by the leading double-axe general.

And this courtyard is exactly the courtyard between the two prison areas when they usually go out for inspection.

An old crooked-necked tree swayed slightly with the evening breeze, as if it was foreshadowing something.

The fate of several people was forced into a desperate situation.